First records of two genera and thirteen species of Tabanidae (Diptera) from Honduras

Katerin Veroy; Jesus Orozco; Augusto L Henriques

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1084.77038

First records of two genera and thirteen species of Tabanidae (Diptera) from Honduras

Zookeys. 2022 Jan 26:1084:27-42. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1084.77038. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Katerin Veroy¹, Jesus Orozco¹, Augusto L Henriques²

Affiliations

¹ Insect Collection, Agricultural Science and Production Department, Zamorano University (Escuela Agrícola Panamericana), Zamorano, Honduras Zamorano University Zamorano Honduras.
² Coordenação de Pesquisas em Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM, Brazil Coordenação de Pesquisas em Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Manaus Brazil.

Abstract

This works presents information on the diversity of the Tabanidae of Honduras as a product of the examination of 386 specimens and a literature review. Thirteen species and two genera (Bolbodimyia and Dasychela) are recorded from the country for the first time. Eighty-five species distributed in 22 genera, five tribes, and three subfamilies are now known from Honduras. A key to the subfamilies, tribes, and genera of the known Honduran species is also included. All new records are mapped and illustrated to aid in the identification of the species.

Keywords: Central America; diversity; horse flies; tabanids; taxonomy.

Katerin Veroy, Jesus Orozco, Augusto L. Henriques.